Author name: Scott Balson

Frustration is boiling over in the Merafong Local Municipality, where residents are being billed hundreds of thousands of rands for essential services they are not receiving, all while a devastating water crisis caused by the municipality’s massive debt continues to paralyse daily life. The situation, which has caught the attention of lawmakers in both the […]

In a powerful and candid address, African National Congress (ANC) stalwart and former minister, Dr. Naledi Pandor, has publicly bemoaned the current state of the party, criticizing members for self-serving pursuits and a loss of revolutionary morality. The remarks were delivered during the Gertrude Shope Memorial Lecture, held as part of the centenary commemoration for

A major investigation into the Tembisa Hospital has uncovered a vast network of corruption involving four syndicates and over 111 government officials, a revelation made possible by information from slain whistleblower Babita Deokaran. The findings, announced by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), expose the staggering scale of graft at the Gauteng health facility, with billions

In a startling admission, North West Premier Lazarus Mokgosi has declared that the deep-seated problems plaguing the Ditsobotla Local Municipality are beyond the provincial government’s capacity to fix and require urgent intervention from national government. The premier’s comments came during an interview on Thursday, even as his provincial government launched the latest phase of its

 A 32-year-old man is in police custody and is set to face serious charges following a violent domestic incident in Extension 40, outside Polokwane, in the early hours of Sunday, 24 August 2025. The suspect, who is the youngest of three brothers, has been charged with murder and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily

An 18-year-old man and his 35-year-old mother are scheduled to appear before the Letsitele Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 25 August 2025, facing charges in connection with the rape of a 9-year-old girl. The young man, who is the alleged perpetrator and the victim’s brother, was remanded in custody following his initial court appearance on Friday,

The South African BDS Coalition’s energy embargo campaign wants the government to ban coal exports to Israel. More than a hundred protesters from the movement gathered outside the offices of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition in Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria on Thursday. They handed over a memorandum to the department’s regional manager,

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli has urged South Africans to view rapid urbanisation not as a crisis but a “repository of opportunities” capable of driving innovation, entrepreneurship, and dignity for millions. “Well-governed cities can be the engineers of jobs, hubs of innovation, and places where people live with dignity,” Ntuli said in his keynote address to

Police are urging for calm and warning residents of serious public safety risks as violent protests over longstanding service delivery issues and broken housing promises erupted in Motherwell on Wednesday. The protests, which have continued into Thursday morning, are the latest in a series of demonstrations from residents of the Wells Estate informal settlements. The

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has issued a stark warning, stating that South Africa’s education system requires “radical reforms” to produce the skills necessary to grow the economy and combat a devastating unemployment crisis. His comments came during a meeting of the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC), which he chairs, following the release of the latest